Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
  • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
  • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
  • G06F1/1613—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
  • G06F1/1632—External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
  • H02J7/0044—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
  • H04M1/04—Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
  • H04M2250/14—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a card reading device

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of electronic payment terminals. More particularly, the present invention relates to a power supply base for an electronic payment terminal.
• payment terminals are mainly used to pay for purchases of goods and services at points of sale.
• These terminals generally include a smart card reader and a magnetic card reader. They also include a screen, in particular to display the amounts of transactions and a keyboard for entering the same amounts as well as confidential codes entered by customers, or a touch screen.
• These payment terminals generally have a battery, allowing them to operate autonomously. This battery must be recharged regularly, typically through a power base, also called power base, on which the payment terminal is placed so that the power supply means of the terminal come into contact with the feed means of the base.
• a power base also called power base
• such a power supply base has means for guiding the payment terminal to a feed position, in the form of amounts along which the terminal must slide, or in the form of metal rods that fit into terminal locations provided for this purpose.
• the invention therefore proposes a new solution that does not have all of these disadvantages of the prior art, in the form of a power supply base for an electronic payment terminal whose housing has an opening intended to receive a memory card.
• such a base comprises means for guiding said payment terminal to a feed position of said payment terminal, said guide means comprising at least one guide portion whose shape is able to allow its insertion into said opening of said payment terminal.
• the terminal is guided on the base to a feed position by means of guiding means which fit into the terminal itself, unlike the guide means of the prior art which provide to receive the terminal surrounding it, for example with amounts along which the terminal must slide.
• the guidance of the payment terminal is accurate, also ensuring a stability thereof in the supply position.
• the same location is used for reading a memory card and for the electric charge, which makes it possible to optimize the manufacture of the device, and to limit the number of openings in its case.
• the guiding means are provided for insertion into the means for receiving a smart card from the payment terminal, for example a smart card reader whose input is located in the lower edge of the payment terminal in the use position.
• the means for guiding the base are formed by a protrusion of material from the feed base having a shape similar to that of a memory card.
• the guide means are formed with the base, without adding elements after the manufacture of the base, thus providing a uniformity of the structure of the power base.
• the protrusion has the shape, that is to say the thickness and / or the width and / or the height, of a memory card.
• the guiding means may for example have a thickness identical to a memory card, but a width and a height lower, so as to offer a better compactness of the power base.
• said guiding means comprise supply means, arranged to cooperate with non-contact contacts. flush with said payment terminal in said supply position.
• the guiding means also make it possible to provide the power supply function of the payment terminal.
• the feed means of the base are formed by at least one metal part positioned on each side of the guide means, each metal part cooperating with a contact of the payment terminal.
• the power supply means of the base form static electricity discharge means of the payment terminal, thus making it possible to comply with the safety constraints in the field of static electricity discharge.
• the invention also relates to a payment terminal comprising means of connection to a power supply positioned inside the housing of said terminal non-flush manner.
• connection means to a power supply are secured from a point of view of static electricity. Indeed, when we take the payment terminal, we can not come into contact with the means of connection to a power supply, which are located inside the payment terminal.
• said means of connection to a power supply are positioned on either side of an opening of the terminal box intended to receive a memory card.
• these means of connection to a power supply are able to cooperate with power supply means of a power supply base according to an embodiment of the invention described above, in which the power supply means of the base are formed by at least one metal piece positioned on each side of the guide means, themselves being arranged to be inserted in means for receiving a memory card of the payment terminal.
• the means of supplying the payment terminal are positioned on either side of the input of the means for receiving a chip card from the payment terminal, for example both sides of the chip card reader's entrance.
• connection means to a power supply are placed sufficiently far from the outside and the edge of said opening to be out of reach of a user of said payment terminal. normal mode of use, so as to ensure the security of said user vis-à-vis a static electricity of said terminal.
• the means of connection to a power supply of the payment terminal form static electricity discharge means of the payment terminal, cooperating with the supply means of the power supply base according to the invention.
• FIGS. 1A to 1D illustrate an example of a payment terminal according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a power supply base for a payment terminal as illustrated in FIGS. 1A to 1D, according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 3 describes an example of means for supplying a payment terminal as illustrated in FIGS. 1A to 1D, according to one embodiment of the invention. 5. Description of an embodiment of the invention
• the general principle of the invention is based on a power supply using means for receiving a memory card in an opening of a box of an electronic payment terminal, thus enabling the payment terminal to be accurately guided.
• electronics to a feeding position, while providing a compact form of power supply.
• FIG. 2 an example of a power base for such a payment terminal is presented, according to one embodiment of the invention.
• the power base (40) of the payment terminal comprises, according to this embodiment of the invention, guiding means (41) of the payment terminal to a supply position of said payment terminal.
• the guiding means are arranged so as to be inserted, or to penetrate, into means for receiving a memory card, for example a smart card, provided in an opening of the terminal box. of payment, because of their specific form similar to a memory card.
• These guide means are positioned in a concave part, here a hollow (43) formed in the feed base, thus allowing the terminal to reach a feed position when it is housed in the hollow of the base, position in which it is stably maintained by the cooperation of the recess and guide means.
• the means for receiving a memory card are efficiently exploited. Indeed, the same means allow, firstly, classically, the insertion of a memory card, and secondly, according to the invention, the electrical charging of the device, without it being necessary to provide a specific socket on this device.
• the electrical contacts for charging are arranged so as not to interfere with the use of the memory card, and for example on the sides of the receiving means.
• the guiding means (41) comprise feed means (42), arranged to cooperate, in a feed position, with contacts of the payment terminal, enabling the connection to a power supply.
• the supply means are metal parts, positioned on each side of the guide means (41), as illustrated in FIG.
• the supply means on the base cooperate with contacts of the terminal, thus ensuring the charging of the terminal battery.
• the contacts (50) are positioned on either side of the input of the smart card reader (51) of the terminal, thus enabling the terminal to be powered when the latter is in the position of feeding on the base.
• the guide means (41) of the base being inserted into the card reader (51) of the terminal, the terminal resting on the recess (43) of the base, the feed means (42) of the base co with the contacts of the terminal (50). These contacts are further used to discharge static electricity from the terminal.
• a particular embodiment of the invention is now described based on a new type of electronic payment terminal based on the physical pairing of a payment device with a communication terminal, such as a "smartphone", to form a payment terminal.
• This new type of terminal aims to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and in particular allows not to use a dedicated telephone line to make a connection to the communication network and servers such as authorization servers or bank servers .
• the most recent terminals are connected to cash registers and / or computers via a communication network.
• Such connections may be wired, for example Ethernet, or wireless.
• These connections make it possible, for example, to connect to an authentication server or to a banking server in order to obtain debit authorization.
• the payment terminal uses a means of connection.
• One of these means is to use a wireless communication network, for example GPRS (General Packet Radio Service).
• the payment terminal is then equipped with a SEVI card (Subscriber Identity Module).
• This is a chip containing a microcontroller and memory.
• This SEVI card is associated with a telephone subscription (of data transmission type) which must be subscribed by the merchant.
• the implementation of the communication functionalities is attributed to the terminal.
• the terminal must manage communication functions, which are not naturally the functions expected of a payment terminal.
• WiFi Wireless Fidelity
• the merchant is no longer obliged to subscribe to a particular subscription.
• the payment terminal can connect to the merchant WiFi network and access, as in a wired connection, to the bank servers.
• the use of the terminal is then limited to the coverage area of the WiFi network, which is not suitable for nomadic use (for example a doctor visiting his patients).
• the electronic payment terminal according to this embodiment of the invention does not have these disadvantages of the prior art.
• the invention according to this embodiment relates more particularly to a payment terminal which is in the form of a device called "payment" which is physically paired with a communication terminal.
• the communication terminal to which the payment device is paired is a mobile terminal, commonly called “smartphone” (English), that is to say a mobile phone also having functions of a digital assistant Personnel (PDA).
• a mobile terminal commonly called “smartphone” (English)
• PDA digital assistant Personnel
• the invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and in particular allows not to use a dedicated telephone line to make a connection to the communication network and servers such as authorization servers or bank servers .
• the payment terminal according to the invention has an asymmetrical structure, and therefore a particular positioning of its supply means.
• the power supply base according to the invention makes it possible to take account of the particular asymmetrical structure of the payment terminal according to the invention.
• the payment device is physically paired with the communication terminal via a particular pairing structure, called a modular interface.
• a particular pairing structure called a modular interface.
• this modular interface is attached to a back side of the payment device.
• This structure is removable, according to a particular embodiment of the invention, by implementing a particular kinematic.
• This modular interface allows to insert and retain the communication terminal in a housing provided for this purpose.
• a pairing device also called electronic connection card, for making a physical connection between the payment device and the communication terminal.
• This modular interface comprises other elements, which, according to the invention, provide a secure use of the payment terminal formed by the payment device and the communication terminal.
• FIGS. 1A to 1D More particularly, the payment terminal object of the invention is described in relation with FIGS. 1A to 1D.
• the payment terminal (10) comprises two general components that are the payment device (20) and the communication terminal (30).
• the payment device (20) comprises a front face, visible in FIG. 1B, having a keyboard for entering information (21-1) and a display screen (21-2) of the information entered.
• the payment device comprises, on the rear face, visible in FIG. 1D, a surface (22) allowing the attachment of a modular interface (60) for the pairing of the communication terminal (30).
• this modular interface defines a housing (60-1) for insertion and pairing of the communication terminal (30).
• FIG. 2 already described above, presents an example of a power supply base for such a payment terminal, according to one embodiment of the invention.
• the guiding means also serve as a key to the user of the terminal and allow him to properly position the payment terminal on the base, so as to ensure the proper operation of the power supply.
• Figure 3 also described above, illustrates an example of contacts for the supply of such a payment terminal comprising a pairing of two devices.

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